The Portland daily press., 1887-10-18
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Hints and Practical Recipes for the
Home Circle.

small the historical four-and-twenty will be
enough. Put them on in cold water, bring
to boil and cook until the meat falls off the
bones. Line pudding dish with paste
made OF three cups of prepared flour with a
cup of shortening chopped in, two eggs and
milk enough for dough as soft as can be
rolled. Lay in the meat, freed of bones,
cover with the liquid in which it has been
cooked, leaving hole in the middle. Bake
one hour.
BRoILED SPARRow.-Use only the breast
of the birds, remove the skin, butter lightly,
sprinkle with pepper, but no salt, and broil
on an oyster broiler over quick fire.
FRUIT CAKE.-ln making pie crust there
is often piece of the dough left; roll this
out thin and dry in the tin over. Whena
pint bowlful of these pieces has accumulated,
cover them with boiling water and set
to rise over night in warm place. Stir in a
teaspoonful CT soda dissolved in warm water,
two eggs, cup of molasses, a cup of brown
sugar, half pound each of currants and
seeded raislns and flour enough for very
SUN Datter. Bake IN moderate oven. The
cake will weigh ten pounds.
BROWN STONE FRONT CAKE.-Light part:
Two cups of sugar, a cup of butter, three
eggs, two cups of milk, three cups of pre-
pared flour, and teaspoonful of vanilla.
Bake in layers, reserving three tablespoons
ful OF dough. Dark part: One and half
squares of Bakers chocolate, grated, half
cup of sugar and three tablespoonful of
milk, melt all together, let it cool and add
the reserved light part and half cup of
-four. Beat well and bake in layers. Put
together with the dark layer on top using
melted chocolate, sweetened and favored,
for filling.
FILLING FOR LEMON PIE.-Line a pie
plate with paste and sprinkle over it two
rolled soda crackers. Make strong lemon
ade of one large lemon sliced, a cup of water,
a cup of sugar and sprinkle of nutmeg
Pour into the pie-plate, put on an upper
crust and bake.
BAKED OMELETTE.-SiX eggs, with the
whites and yolks beaten separately and then
together; six tablespoonful of milk, table
spoonful OF flour and a saltspoonful of salt.
Beat hard, pour into creased pan and bake
in hot oven.
PRESERVED PEARs.-Peel six pounds of
pears and boil until tender in just enough
water to cover; take out the pears and add
to the juice three pounds of sugar and two
lemons, sliced and seeded Boil 10 minutes,
then return the pears to the syrup until
heated through. Put in cans. If the syrup
fall short, add boiling water.
SLICED MUSTARD PICKLEs.-Slice peck
OF green tomatoes, dozen large white onions,
10 green peppers and one caulihower, pack
In layers OF salt, put on weight aud drain
over night. Pack in jars. Stir half a pound
OF mustard into two quarts of vinegar, boil
until 1t thlckens, pour into the jars and seal
| I on may have to aid the free circulation of
| the mustard by running spoon down into
the jars.
RED CABBAGE PICKLE.-Shave up fine
two red cabbages and sprinkle over them
tablespoonful of salt. Set aside for "a hours.
Drain OFF the liquid and add two tablespoons
ful OF black pepper Put in jars and cover
with cold vinegar.
HOME ADoRNMENT-THE HALLs.-Of
houses, as Of people, first impressions are
often lasting, and if one can SO arrange as to
like, general artistic air is impaired to the
house that would else be lacking. Our new
ly erected houses offer facilities that leave
little to be desired, and some of the effects
| lead up from broad Railways, and the open
| fireplace with its shining fire-set, is unsur-
| passed in decorative qualities. The furnish
ing OF such a hall cannot well go amiss
Mezzo tlnts should prevail on walls and cell
lng, while the carpet may be very bright and
the upholstered settles as snowy as one may
wish The pictures should hang low, and
the p0rtlereS be in decided contrast to the
walls. The maroon and black velvet hang
lngs 50 much used by decorators cannot be
recommended. They absorb too much light
and Impart funeral aspect to room natu-
rally dark. If the hall be but long, narrow
aisle, with doors opening into it on one side
and a staircase ON the other ones ingenuity
is indeed taxed. By the laws of perspective.
the length may be diminished by placing a
sofa, or other large piece of furniture, with a
piece OF bright tapestry behind it, at the far
END OF the hall; and the apparent height
may be lowered by frescoing the ceiling with
a deeper tint than the walls. The Garnet
should be heavy and bright. Scarlet is an
excellent shade, but if repeated in the stair
covering 1t should be combined with some
less emphatic color; its Complementary color.
purple shading into lavender, combines har
moniously. Hangings may be substituted
for the doors leading into the parlor and
other rooms; where il is not desirable to re-
move door it may be covered with panel
Of lincrusta-w walton, which is of itself a fur
nlshing, and does away with the bare look
which Is impaired by the presence of many
doors. Some space may be gained by sub
shutting for the cumbersome hall rack a
square of glass surrounded by hooks, below
which stands a japanese umbrella tile.
Hall chairs with hinged seats come for the
reception of brush broom, rabbers, etc. The
principal light should rise from the staircase
newell, and if necessary, be supplemented by
lights projecting from the woodwork, so as
to be out OF the way of tall hats.
A clean scrubbing brush is used for re-
violently across the grain until the dirt is
removed, sweep, let the dust settle, and then
go over the carpet with damp cloth. This
Is quite as etficacious as beating.
Rose blankets should be used with caution
on cribs and cradles. A 2-year-old child was
thrown INTO commissions from eating the col
ored luz on the borders. A safe method is
70 paste Dand of white muslin or wash silk
across the top Of the blanket.